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1:28 pm
December 14, 2010
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A fenced yard with a very territorial dog is effective.
Poison ivy planted on the fence is an option. I can say that because I am not very sensitive to it.
I like the motion sensors but with alarms and no lights. control the lights from inside.
We don't have the problem here. I plant tomatoes in a small flower garden ten feet from the sidewalk and nobody even picks a tomato to eat as they walk.
4:54 am
October 19, 2011
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Ross said:
A fenced yard with a very territorial dog is effective.
Poison ivy planted on the fence is an option. I can say that because I am not very sensitive to it.
I like the motion sensors but with alarms and no lights. control the lights from inside.
We don't have the problem here. I plant tomatoes in a small flower garden ten feet from the sidewalk and nobody even picks a tomato to eat as they walk.
Ross, I agree, over the years we have had very few critters attack the garden…
Almost a month and a half ago, Our old dog wandered off and is missing..He's very old…very deaf..I'm afraid we will not see him again…
Meanwhile, I saw dust coming from behind the corn crib Monday…went to investigate…There was a Fox back there scratching in the dirt…I fear that the critters know the dog is no longer here…May be a long gardening season here…
Most of our near 8000 sq. ft. garden is fenced in,
what isn't is usually used for larger stand alone crops, corn pumpkins, melons..and typically we stretch electric fence around those.
A couple of the annual and perennial flower & herb beds are not..
Although it does need re-applied..
for the money..
Generic Ground Black Pepper…
Sprinkled on..and around your plants works wonders..we watch rabbits "sniff" then hop away…groundhogs stand at the edge…
As long as we go out after a good rain and re-apply…they are safe for the season
1:52 pm
June 1, 2010
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Ross, can't keep dog out as guard dog…dogs around here get stolen for use as bait in dog fights…and some folks have no concept that a locked fence means KEEP OUT. Yup, the city can be harsh. This year I think I'll try container gardening on the porch.. Just not sure about tomatoes…I'm awful when it comes to regular watering. (pharmerphil, my garden predators have two legs and they're not poultry!)
7:44 pm
January 9, 2011
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This is such a shame. Sounds like a community in need of a community garden.
7:53 pm
February 10, 2009
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When I lived in Denver in an apartment, I was a member of a community garden and our plots got raided too. I just hope that whoever took the stuff used it to feed their families, but there's every possibility that they just threw the stuff at stop signs or whatever. Idiots!
I gave plenty away to children who came to look and watch what we did, some helped me water tomatoes etc, some were curious. I tried to ensure they took the produce home to their mothers, but there was no sure way to tell… though the ones who pitched in to help were probably proud to take it to Mama. I'd have given more away too if someone needed the food.
3:31 am
June 1, 2010
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BEG:
When we first moved in, we had no fencing around the side yard but started some gardening anyway. A ten-yr old boy came by several times and asked oodles of questions about the plants and how they grew and stuff. Sometimes I'd just tell him the plant's name and the next time he came it was clear he had looked up some information about the plant. After a while I got the impression that his mom forbid him to come here anymore. (?) One kid came and picked all sorts of coreopsis, she wanted to give her mom a bouquet. Couldn't really get too annoyed about that. After about 6 years, it was time to put up a fence, just because.
8:09 am
January 9, 2011
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There is a community garden that i hear is thriving in a high crime area; Flint, Michigan. It's on the news quite often and I've wondered how they have kept it so nice. They have a lot of it under tents. What are those called; Quansa Huts?? Something like that. But they even keep chickens in it. The key is getting the community involved.
Do you have neighbors that would like to garden with you and, by doing so, can help to keep vandals out? Or maybe, if its futile to garden without being vandelized, YOU could garden somewhere else, like a community plot? Thats just my thought, I tend to turn away from conflict and would not be comfortable fighting stealth intruders with floodlights and alarms. People can get ugly and I wouldn't want any part of it. But I also understand that the property is yours and you have a right to enjoy it and protect it.
Maybe a talk with the neighbors about helping you out in return for some fresh lettuce?? Or a summer job for the neighbor kids to help weed ? Maybe they will all feel more invested .
3:00 pm
December 27, 2008
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This is such a shame! Maybe you could get the neighborhood vandals involved in growing food so they wouldn't be so inclined to steal. Just a suggestion. We are fortunate to live at the outer edge of the city in a relatively unpopulated area, so we don't get a lot of people here. We are also well off the road with wild fields at the road, so no one can really see what we grow here.
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